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FXUS65 KLKN 201006
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
206 AM PST THU FEB 20 2025
SYNOPSIS
RECENT SNOWFALL OR REFREEZING OF MELTED SNOW WILL
LEAVE SOME ROADWAYS SLICK INTO THE EARLY TO MID-MORNING HOURS.
DRY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES TRENDING WARMER. NEAR-RECORD WARMTH IS EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NV SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
SHORT TERM
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO LOCALLY
MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL DIMINISH BY
AROUND SUNRISE, LEAVING ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER AND
NEAR MOUNTAINS OF ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND
EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING.
IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THE REGION WILL BE
UNDER A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE 5 TO 8 DEGREES COOLER THAN ON WEDNESDAY. LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT CLOUD COVER WILL DIMINISH. THE
NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT IN COMBINATION WITH DIMINISHING CLOUDS AND
RECENT SNOWFALL WILL HELP THE LOWS TONIGHT DROP INTO THE TEENS FOR
MOST LOCATIONS, WITH SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES ACROSS MANY
VALLEYS OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. THE DRY NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES
ON FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY EVENING THE FLOW ALOFT BACKS TO A MORE
WESTERLY DIRECTION WHICH WILL HELP BOOST OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES UP A FEW DEGREES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
LONG TERM
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
DRY WEATHER, LIGHT WINDS, AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE. HIGHS
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S ON SATURDAY, WITH
TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S BY NEXT WEEK.
COOLER TEMPERATURES, 10-15 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KTS, AND
ISOLATED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN ELKO AND HUMBOLDT
COUNTIES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES
RIDE THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE.
AVIATION
A PASSING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MAINLY ISOLD/SCT
-SHSN ACROSS THE KELY TERMINAL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS,
REDUCING CIGS/VSBY TO MVFR AT TIMES; EXPECT VCSH AT KEKO. AT
KWMC- KBAM, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH LESS THAN A TEN PERCENT
CHANCE FOR FZFG AT EACH TERMINAL DUE TO RECENT PRECIPITATION. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT KTPH WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT
THE FORECAST PERIOD, THOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OUT OF THE
NW.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING RUBY
MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE IN ELKO.
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